spermosphere
English
Etymology
spermo- + sphere
Noun
spermosphere (plural spermospheres)
- (physiology) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a spermospore, each spermoblast of which is converted into a spermatozoid.
Synonyms
- spermatogemma
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for spermosphere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)